The 100th anniversary of the ill-fated voyage has reignited the world’s fascination with the disaster.

May 1911 It took three years to build the Titanic, which was constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, which was then one of the world's largest dry docks. The price tag was $7.5 million at the time. AP

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